The fire was reported about 9:15 p.m. in the 1800 block of South Tuxedo Avenue, said Art Ray, chief's operator for the Stockton Fire Department. Fire crews arrived to find a home in flames.

Their efforts were complicated by the fact that the home sat at the end of a 100-foot driveway with no fire hydrants nearby, and the first available engine was already handling a water rescue on Highway 4, Ray said.

The fire caused substantial damage to the 2,000-square-foot house, but no one was home at the time of the blaze, and there were no injuries, Ray said. It was still unclear whether anyone was living at the home, Ray said.